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Letters Patent No. 109,227, dated November 15, 1870; antedated November 5,1870.

iMP'RovvEMENT in ivi/realisieren Ar'rncnine s'runs' on "ruBiJLAR-si-ianrso ouvrons r To mismos. i I

. The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part-of the saine. u

To'allpcrsons to u-hioin'thcse presents may come .f-

Be it 'known that I, Josiirii- H. Lewis, ol? the city and county ot Providence, in the. State ol 'Rhode '1slaud,hare invented a new and uscl'iil Machine l'or.

lliixiiigStnds' or .tiibular-shankcd Biittous'iii Slices "or various other articles; and I do hereby declare the saine to be fiillydescribed inthe fioilowiire` speeilica- .tion, and represented in the accompanying drawing,

making part of niy specification.

Of sneu drawing- Figure l denotes a' top view,

.Figure 2, a side elevation,

'Figure 3, a vertical'and longitudinal section, and

Figure 4, a Front-end' elevation. of -tlie machine.

Figure a top view of the stationary and inovable jaws, the s tiid-iiilv:iiicci', andthe lower part ol' the conductor or chulo.

Figure (i is a. rear eleva-tion ol' the treadle-rod or liopper-vihiator.

Figure 7 isi a represeiiedionott-hc eani eii'ipioyed to. aid in cliccting the torward movement 'ot' the advaneer.

In the said drawing= V exhibits the l'raine ot' the iiiaehine,.l'roin which lair-arm, 1l, isproleeted, and sustains' two parallel rodsor rails, U C, that serre .to-support a hop- "pcr or pan, i), and to admit ol' its bring ribrated, with a reciproeaft-ine,` in'otion, horizontally and laterv Sally.

- Figure S isa section 'iitilie l'roiit end ol' t-ho'hop- ."fqi'er, exhibiting, its discharging-months.

-lfigure 9 is'aside. view of one ol"1he sl nos; i Figure i0 being a vertical section ot' il.

An inclined plane, J), leading l'roin the hop-pci,

and' ibi'nierl-n'itli grooves, i Vb, to' roe-vivo the -iieek @andliradi 'ol' a sind, is pivotcd, a1 .iis l'oot, to two' parallel gniiie-plabs is* F, which, ,in turn, at or iwar T, 4wir lower ends, 'n re pivoted. to a bracket, (i, extended From the said bracket two otheiyniid stationary i cnrredguidcs, 111i, arrangialata short distance apart, and formed as shown in thc. drawing, lead to a pair of jaws, .l K.

n -V.,L )'ne ot' the Vsaid jaws, riz., iliitinarkedl, is staj. tionary, and t'lie'other is movable. lt being pressed lo- 'wand the .stationary jaw by a spring-fe... hach Jaw hasfa senieii'enlar notch, n, inad'e-in it,

'.the movable jaw also has another initat its' inner rear corner. To operatewitli the jaws, :nai the'gnides 'LL iii 'of the chute is an advancei" or notched pitman, L, which is arraiigedto slide longitudinally within the fra-uic A, and has a retract-ive spring, M.

Directly oreethe notches a n ot' the jaws there is a pimeh, N, whichis applied to the frame A, soas to oe capable o'i' sliding vertically therein.

'lhs punch, at itsv upper end, is jointed or pivoted to a lever, 0 whose Vfrontend-"is hinged to a pciidn' lons bar or link, 1, arranged in the upper part ot the trainen, and on ai pivot, y.

The lever @rests npoii a hi-l ical spring, lt, arrangedas represented At its rear end such lever is united to the hopper.- vibrator S, which consists ot a bai', havingg,r u. serpentine slot, li, inade in it, to receive astnd or arin, i', ea;-V

iendrd l'roin the hopper.

The vibrator S is todae carried downward, and with a pedal.

rnan oi: bar, .l-, from which a. stud, 7.', is projected,l t-o art against a. stationary cani. l, formed as shown inV 11g.

"I, and arranged wiil'iinthe ,Fi-aine.

AA stud, m-,i`ren`1 the adva-ncer, serres, witlrtlie cani l, the han ".i, and the sind 7.1 to efeet thethrward increment ol' thedidraneer w-liile the lever' O is iu the act ot' being; elevatori. ,'llie. operation ot' the uiacnine may is'erihed:

0n t'oreiiig'down the vibrator i5', the hopper will be pnt in vibration, sogas -to agitato a quantity ol' the si nds when tl'iereiinand cause them successively to pass out ot' it, hea-ds downward, into the grooves a bof-tire iiiclinedplane E,,.eoniprising part of the chute W, troin i whence they will passfdowii the chute, or between the plates 4Il!" 11, andthence between the guides H ll, and to the jaws, the 'lever O and the punch N heiner depressed in the meantime.

Din-ingr, the elcra-tion ofthe lever U and the punch,

the earn l, by its action against the smid It of' the har LP, will niove such bar, so as tc 'ibi-ee it againstthe proieciion or stud in oi the adraiicer, and thereby push' ibrwai'd the latter. This forward movement ot' the advancer will cause the lowermost of the series of," studs in the chute to be driyen forward between the jaws, the movable one of which will be. moved away" lroin the stationary one, so as to' adoii-t the sind between there, and into their holding-notches. 1Sexi,

on -depression oi the vibrator S, the pnneli will beA yforcedl down npon -the tabular part ofthe stud, and will expand or upset it.

An attendant, 'alter each stud may have beendepositcd between the jaars, is to apply to' it the shoe- Vripper or article in which the stud is lo be fixed; and, ai'ter haring eti'eeted the fixation ol' the stud in siich article, the attendant, by pulling on the .shoe or article-,can draw the stud ont from between the Annie.

l`nrthcrinoi'e, there is jointed to the lever O a. pit- In suine respects my machine is li e machines for linserting eyelets in cloth or shoes,'hn t in others it differs materially therefrom.

I claim :is my invention-A 1. lhe machine, substantially as hereinbefbre gle- Scvibed, viz as composed of a. hopper, D, a chute, XV. the jews I K, .the punch N, and the advancer l l'i, arranged as set forth, and provided with mechanism for operating them, or causing them to oper ete, essentially in manner and for the purpose ns de? 

